Shouting "banzai!" or "live long," thousands of people marched in Tokyo streets to the banging of traditional drums Thursday as Japan kicked off celebrations to mark May Day.

South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo said Thursday he was resigning amid reports he will run in next month’s presidential election.

Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark stranded in shallow water.

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican's tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal electors voted a successor to Pope John Paul I, who died after 33 days as ...

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A Republican state lawmaker from Maine appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday after she was censured by the state House for a social media post about a transgender athlete, a move that comes ...

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Florida for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her three young ...

As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar backgrounds who helped each other find their way at the University of ...

The roster of local police departments and state agencies that have joined President Donald Trump’s drive for mass deportations has soared to more than 500, with nearly half from Florida.

After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably. When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to choose a ...

Senate Republicans narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution Wednesday that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win as ...